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Aug 16, BOS (72-52) lost to NYY, 3-10, 126. With 1.5 games behind Boston, Tampa Bay visited the Fens for their third and final time. The series then moved to Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals won the third game on October 26 to gain a 21 lead. 0. Twitter They were an AL-best 53-28 at home in 2013. Find out more. Mike Napoli's one-out, seventh-inning solo home run was one of only four hits surrendered by Detroit starter Justin Verlander, and yet it was enough to lift the Red Sox to victory. John Lackey took the mound in the bottom of the eighth. "That's where it all starts. Nathan Eovaldi has been dominant in these playoffs. Traveling to Tampa Bay, the Red Sox recovered by taking two of three games from the Rays from May 1416. The Sox pounded the Yankees, 111, on June 1, and prevailed, 30, in a rain-shortened six-inning game on June 2 that was eventually called due to thunderstorms. On May 30, signed 3B Mario Martinez for a minor league contract. They were joined by outfielders Carlos Beltrn and Matt Holliday, third baseman David Freese, and first baseman Matt Adams. August started just like July ended, with a walk-off win against the Mariners. They also relied on the baserunning exploits of center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, whose 52 stolen bases led the major leagues, while right fielder Shane Victorino, second baseman Dustin Pedroia, first baseman Mike Napoli, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and outfielder Jonny Gomes helped the Red Sox to a league-leading 853 runs scored. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 8:07 PM, October 30, 2013Coverage: FOX. Gomes was then able to advance to second base on a flubbed fielding play. Boston tied the game after a leadoff triple by rookie Xander Bogaerts who scored on a fielders choice at second by Mike Carp in the fifth and Daniel Nava drove in Shane Victorino, who reached base on a leadoff walk in the sixth and was advanced to third by a David Ortiz base hit. Boston quickly responded in the top of the eighth by loading the bases off Carlos Martnez. Boston opened the month of May in the middle of a three-game road series against Toronto. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "[55], Major League Baseball International syndicated the television coverage outside Canada and the U.S., with English-language commentary provided by Baltimore Orioles play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne and ESPN analyst Rick Sutcliffe. Things got a little interesting in the bottom of the eighth inning. The regularly scheduled game took place at 1:35p.m., and a nightcap at 7 p.m.[22], On April 21, Kansas City ended Boston's seven-game winning streak with a 42 win over the Red Sox in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Baseball Stats - AL - NL - AAGPBL - Minor League Baseball - Search Boston, moreover, had a storybook narrative because of the recent Boston Marathon bombing, which, some felt, should have attracted casual audiences. Aug 20, BOS (74-54) lost to SFG, 2-3, 130. Tigers in Game 6 and back to the World Series for the third time in 10 years . The Red Sox closed April by falling, 97, on the road to the Blue Jays. Do you have a blog? Jon Lester, David Ross, John Lackey, Jake Peavy and Franklin Morales would win another World Series with different teams: Peavy with the 2014 Giants, Morales with the 2015 Royals, and Lackey, Lester and Ross with the 2016 Cubs. A young Indians fan presented the Red Sox with a sign he wrote in red ink and ornamented with hearts. On a ground ball to Pedroia, who was playing the infield grass, Molina was tagged out at home by Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who fired to third to try to get Craig. * - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? . Game 2 pitted the NLCS MVP Michael Wacha against the Red Sox' John Lackey. [40], After the team won the World Series, some of the players decided to shave their beards. Boston's series in the Bronx continued on June 1 and 2, and the Red Sox racked up two victories to take the three-game series. On July 30, Boston acquired starting pitcher Jake Peavy from the White Sox in a three-way deal, sending infielder Jos Iglesias to the Tigers and Avisal Garca from Detroit to Chicago. Baseball-Reference.com Series Win Probability - Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers, 2013 ALCS Gm 1 Gm 2 Gm 3 Gm 4 Gm 5 Gm 6 BOS 50% DET The height of bar indicates the probability of a team winning the series given the current series state. The Red Sox headed into the postseason with the best record in the majors, tied with the St. Louis Cardinals. Sep 18, BOS (92-61) lost to BAL, 3-5, 156. Breslow then made an errant throw to third base, allowing Jon Jay to score as well, giving St. Louis a 32 advantage. Workman had his first start only 4 days later against the Oakland Athletics, taking a no-hit bid to the 7th inning. Reliever Brandon Workman stopped the bleeding and in the bottom of the seventh inning, Shane Victorino's one-out grand slam home run off of Detroit reliever Jos Veras launched the Red Sox into a 52 lead, which they maintained to finish off the Tigers in six games and head to the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, who had punched their ticket to the Fall Classic a day earlier by defeating the Dodgers. [41] World Series Most Valuable Player David Ortiz was walked by the Cardinals four times, and scored twice. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 40-Man Roster Non-Roster Invitees Depth Chart Coaches Red Sox Top 30 Prospects Starting Lineups Transactions Injury Updates Draft Results Front Office. Struggling again against the Orioles, Boston dropped the first two games before John Lackey posted a two hit gem and the Red Sox clinched a spot in the postseason. He is also only the 2nd exclusive designated hitter to be awarded the World Series MVP (2009-Hideki Matsui). 42 jerseys. [citation needed], A partnership with Fox Sports featured Pearl Jam as the November artist of month for all entities within the Fox Sports domain and licensed 48 songs from their catalogue to play during the 2013 World Series. Dating back to 2004, the Red Sox have scored a run in the first inning for five straight games against the Cardinals in postseason play and have won nine straight World Series games. The Royals ended a season-opening streak of 16 games by Red Sox starters allowing three runs or less, tying an AL record achieved by the Oakland Athletics in 1978 and 1981. The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 2013 season. Find out more. Seth Maness relieved Lynn and ended the inning by striking out Bogaerts. ", "World Series preview: Cardinals have just enough to beat Red Sox", "Boston Red Sox: Can baseball side turn trauma into triumph? Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Join our linker program. [1] The 109th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox won, 4 games to 2 to win their eighth championship. Lackey walked Holliday to load the bases before he was relieved by Junichi Tazawa. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. John Jay flew out to Gomes, Descalso popped out to Gomes and Carpenter struck out and the Red Sox clinched their eighth World Series. Down on their last strike, Boston scored against New York's closer Mariano Rivera in the ninth and took game one in extra frames. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. It was the first time in a World Series game that a winning play was on an obstruction call and only the second time in baseball history.[31]. Victorino and Ortiz shaved theirs during a charity event sponsored by Gillette. Team marketing started campaigns to take advantage of the beards' popularity. The Red Sox came back again in the eighth after a leadoff single by Jacoby Ellsbury and Shane Victorino was hit by reliever Carlos Martnez. However, it all went to naught for the Red Sox in the seventh inning when two fielding errors on the same play gave St. Louis the lead. John Lackey received absolutely no run support for the fifth time of his last 11 starts and four or less runs in the ninth game over the same stretch. Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina would become life-time Cardinals, never playing for another team in their careers. The inspired play of the Red Sox took them from last place the previous season to American League East champions with a 28-game turnaround, helped by Farrell's calming presence and familiarity with some of the players. 3. Carlos Beltrn drove in the run on a base hit, unearned for starter Clay Buchholz. In the top of the 5th inning, Boston added two more runs, giving them a three-run cushion, but their lead was shattered in the bottom half of the frame with one swing, a three-run home run by Evan Longoria. In addition, Lester joined Babe Ruth as the only Red Sox lefthanders to win three World Series games.[40]. Mike Shannon and John Rooney called the games for the Cardinals on KMOX in St. Louis, while Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, and Lou Merloni announced for the Red Sox on WEEI in Boston. In the fourth Ortiz tied a World Series record by Billy Hatcher on a hit, reaching base in nine consecutive plate appearances, but failed to set a new record by flying out to center field in the sixth. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. After a leadoff single by Bogaerts, Stephen Drew walked and Ross drove in one run on a ground rule double to left field. Matt Carpenter singled in the third and advanced on a fielding error by Jacoby Ellsbury. Neither team scored in the seventh inning. In the 7th and 8th innings, the Rays threatened with two runners on base, but in each frame no runners could score for Tampa Bay due to inning-ending 463 double plays to conserve the Sox' two-run lead, which stretched to a three-run gap with Ortiz's home run. [12], After finishing last in the AL East with a 6993 record in 2012, the Red Sox fired Bobby Valentine and hired John Farrell as their new manager. David Ross then singled to center field, followed by a flyout by Ellsbury. "[20] A make-up date for the game was not immediately announced. [34] The Boston Red Sox today announced the team's 25-man active roster for the 2013 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Sep 17, BOS (92-60) lost to BAL, 2-3, 153. Clay Buchholz's record remained spotless at 80. Both inherited runners scored on a double by Matt Holliday.